CUBAN
INFORMATION ARCHIVES

"Project
Nassau"
was the designation given by Mitch Werbell and CBS News for
the
invasion of Haiti
by Haitians, Cubans and American Soldiers of Fortune.
Planning
began
in the Spring of 1966 when CBS became aware. The actual
designation was OPERATION ISTANBUL. They decided
to take the
opportunity to film an actual Caribbean revolution. The
producer
and film crew were dispatched to Miami with Mitchell Werbell
as an
advisor. Freelance journalists also filtered in, like
Andrew St.
George and Tom Dunkin. Filming for the CBS production
was from a
rented boat called "The Poor Richard" by a man known as
William
Harvey. Rifles were rented by CBS and filming took place
in a
South Miami park. Most of the CBS production crew were
informants for one Government agency or another so the entire
invasion
was
stopped in early January 1967 with the arrest of 75 would-be
invaders. Congress held hearings on the matter to
determine if
CBS was financing revolutions. Here are some documents
that
pertain to this event.